Cow-tail holder.



J. PENNEY. GOW/ TAIL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1912 PatentedJan 28, 1913.

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JOHN PENNEY, OF THORNDIKE, MAINE.

COW-TAIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1913.

Application filed July 19, 1912. Serial No. 710,465.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN PENNEY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Thorndike, in the county of Waldo andState of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements'in Cow-TailHolders, of

' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cow tail holders to be used upon the animalwhen she is being milked and has for an object to provide a device ofthis character which may be readily-applied to or removed from theanimal and which will positively prevent the animal from switching hertail so as to prevent contamination of the milk by foreign particleswhich are usually brushed.

from the cow through switching of the tail.

In the drawing forming a portion of this application,- and in which likeletters of ref erenoe indicate similar parts in the several views:Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of theinvention.

' Fig. 2 is. a perspective view of the tail clamp' Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the leg hook. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of aportion of the grapple showing a slightly modified form of the same.

The device comprises an end leg hook 1, a tail grapple 2 and anintermediate flexible connection 3, the latter having one of its endsconnected in the eye 4 of the leg hook tines 10. 'T e wire B isintertwisted with the'com anion portions 6 and 7, being preferably treaded through the eyes 8 and per-' manently connected through .themedium of a hook 11 with walls of the eye 5. At the opposite end thewire B is extended for- Wa'rdly between the shanks 9 so as to present asimilar shank 12, the latter having a spur or tine 13 which is identicalin construction with the hereinbefore described spurs 10. j

The hook I is preferably constructed of a single piece ofmetal havingspaced portions 14 and 15 and a connecting bight 16, the portion 15'being connected with the flexible connection 3 as shown. The portions 14and 15 are flared relatively so that the space therebctween decreasesto-.

ward the open end of the hook. This arrangement lends elasticity to thehook and the portions 14 and 15 are made to yieldingly engage the leg ofthe animal so as 11 to be held against accidental displacementtherefrom. Vith a view to facilitating the attachment of the hook to theleg of the animal the free terminal of the portion 14 is extendedconsiderably beyond the eye 4 of the portion 15, being adapted toinitially engage against the leg of the animal when applying the hookwhereby to serve as a guide as will be understood.

Inusing the device the hook 1 is placed around the leg of the animal asshown in Fig. 1. The tines of the grapple a'rethen carried through thetail and they are made to engage with the matted portions of the hair insuch manner as will maintain an operative association of the tinestherewith.

In the modified form of the invent-ion;

shown in Fig. 4 the grapple .has its shanks.

9" provided with spurs or tines 13" which are curved downwardly and thenrearwardly in the direction of the eye of the grapple whereby tofacilitate the engagement of the tines in the tail of the animal and toeffect a more substantial purchase with the matted portions of the hair.As

a consequence of this constructionit' is evident that the grapple willbe held againstaccidental separation from the tail.

1. A'cow tail holder comprising a member adapted to be engaged with oneleg of the animal, a flexible element carried thereby,.and a grapplecarried by said element and comprising two separate strands of wirehaving intertwisted portions and terminatin beyond said portions inrelatively flared s anks, and-spurs carried by said shanks.

, 2. A cow tail holder comprising a grapand a leg engaging memberconnected with ple constructed oi two strands of wire, one the grap 1e.I V of. said strands having separate inter- In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature twisted portions defining e es therebetween, in presence oftwo witnesses.

5 the other strand being t readed through 1 JOHN PEN-NEY;

the eyes and having one terminal secured Witnesses? no 'the firststrand, tail engaging spurs car- EDWARD G.Cox,

ried by the first and second named wires, TWALTER H. YOUN'G.

